su-

American

variant of sub- before sp: suspect.

SU British

abbreviation

strontium unit
Belarus (international car registration)

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Etymology

Origin of SU

(sense 2) From S(oviet) U(nion)

Example Sentences

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Karl himself, the most decorated men's snowboarder in Olympic history with four medals, alongside China's Su Yiming, will not compete at another Winter Games in snowboarding but he does not feel he is necessarily finished yet.

From Barron's

Savvy Su’e was the freshman quarterback at Banning last season.

From Los Angeles Times

“We stretched our resources to the limit to get this agreement done. We still have a long way ahead of us where difficult choices remain,” San Francisco Superintendent Maria Su said at a news conference Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal

US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin ended her Olympic medal drought in style with gold in the slalom on Wednesday as snowboarder Su Yiming won China's first title of the Milan-Cortina Games.

From Barron's

Su changed that, winning the snowboard slopestyle gold after losing his big air crown earlier in these Games -- and for good measure, it came on his 22nd birthday and as China celebrates Lunar New Year.

From Barron's

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